Digital Television
DTV - HDTV Channel List

San Francisco Bay Area
(within 100 miles of San Francisco)
Listed by Transmitter Channel

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All full power analog stations have gone off the air. The only analog stations remaining are low power and translator stations.

See "Notes" below for explanation of header information.   

Transmitter Channel	Virtual Channel	Call Letters	Network/ Programming	City of License	Transmitter Location	ERP kW	Antenna HAAT-ft	Information and Notes
3.1	?	K03HY	Religion	Petaluma	Mt. Tamalpais	1.2	2195	L - N
4.1	?	K04QR	KTVU	Esparto	NW Rio Linda	0.3	151	L - N
4.1	4.1	K04QR	KTVU	Lakeport	NE Kelseyville	0.24	151	L - N
4.1	?	KTVJ	Independent	Petaluma	Mt. Tamalpais	0.3	2188	L - N
5.1	5.1	K05MI	KICU	Lakeport	NE Kelseyville	0.3	1969	L
5.1	?	KBKF	?	Glen Arbor	CA 35 N of CA 84	0.3	1358	L - N
5.1	?	KCSO	Telemundo	Sacramento	Angels Camp	0.3	1955	L - N
5.1	?	KTFK	TeleFutura	Stockton	Mt.Diablo	0.3	3025	L - N
6.1	?	KBKF	?	Glen Arbor	Santa Cruz Mt.	0.3	1883	L - N
6.1	?	KEFM	?	Sacramento	Sutter Buttes	0.3	2123	L - N - T
7.1	7.1	KGO	ABC	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	23.8	1703	H
7.2	7.2		Live Well					H - R
7.3	7.3		AccuWx
8.1	?	KDAS	Daystar	Guerneville	Mt. St. Helena	0.2	2963	L - N
8.1	8.1	KSBW	NBC	Salinas	Fremont Peak	20.6	2493	H
8.2	8.2		NBC-WxPlus
8.1	?	KDTS	Daystar	San Francisco	Mt. Diablo	0.22	2835	L - N
9.1	6.1	KVIE	PBS	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	33	1958	H
9.2	6.2		PBS
9.3	6.3		V-me
10.1	10.1	KXTV	ABC	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	22	2008	H
10.2	10.2		ABC-AccuWx
11.1	?	KMUV	TMD	Monterey	Fremont Peak	0.3	2365	L - N
12.1	11.1	KNTV	NBC	San Jose	Mt. San Bruno	103.1	1236	H
12.2	11.2		NBC-WxPlus
12.3	11.3		Universal Sports
13.1	35.1	KCBA	FOX	Salinas	Fremont Peak	19.75	2362	H
14.1	42.1	KTNC	EstrellaTV	Concord	Mt. Diablo	40	3156
14.2	42.2		EstrellaTV
14.1	?	K14MW	Religion	Petaluma	NE of Santa Rosa	4	919	L - N
14.1	?	KMMK	MTV-TR3S	Sacramento	Rt 49-S of Placerville	2.3	804	L - N
15.1	23.1	KBSV	Armenian	Ceres	Mt. Oso	.421	1888
18.1	19.1	KUVS	Univision	Modesto	Angels Camp	500	1821	H
18.2	64.2	KTFK	TeleFutura	Stockton	Walnut Grove	850	1952
18.1	?	KMCE	?	Monterey	NE of Salinas	15	2247	L - N
19.1	20.1	KOFY	Independent	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	568	1601	H
19.4	20.4		Azteca
21.1	31.1	KMAX	CW	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	1000	2014	H
22.1	?	KDTS	Daystar	San Francisco	Mt. Diablo	15	3123	L - N
23.1	?	KEZT	Telemundo	Sacramento	Downtown Sacto	4.5	279	L - N
23.1	22.1	KRCB	PBS	Cotati	Sonoma Mtn.	299	2068	H
23.2	22.2		PBS Create
23.3	22.3		KRCB-FM91
25.1	13.1	KOVR	CBS	Stockton	Walnut Grove	1000	2014	H
25.1	25.1	KQET	PBS-HD	Watsonville	Fremont Peak	81.1	2292	H - T
25.2	25.2		KTEH-SD-PBS
25.3	25.3		V-me
26.1	64.1	KTFK	TeleFutura	Stockton	Walnut Grove	850	1952	H
26.2	18.2	KUVS	Univision	Modesto	Angels Camp	500	1821
27.1	?	KEXT	TeleFutura	Modesto	Mt. Oso	15	1214	L - N
27.1	27.1	KYMB	MGM-This	Monterey	SE of Monterey	5	574	L
27.2	27.2		MegaTV
27.3	27.3		CoastalTV
27.4	27.4		AmericaOne
27.1	26.1	KTSF	Independent	San Francisco	Mt. San Bruno	858	1323
27.2	26.2		NHK-Japanese
27.3	26.3		Korean Programs
27.4	26.4		Independent
28.1	28.1	KFTL	HSN/News/Variety	San Francisco	Mt. San Bruno	15	1243	L
28.10	28.10		KEAR-FM					Audio only
28.15	28.15		Radio Taiwan					Audio only
28.1	?	KDTV	KDTV	Santa Rosa	N of Calistoga	3.7	2697	L - N
28.1	28.1	KMMW	MTV-TR3S	Stockton	Angels Camp	15	1831	L
29.1	5.1	KPIX	CBS	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	1000	1679	H
30.1	9.1	KQED	PBS-HD	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	710	1679	H - Sched.
30.2	9.2		KTEH-SD-PBS	San Jose
30.3	9.3		PBS World
31.1	67.1	KSMS	Univision	Monterey	Fremont Peak	1000	2299
31.2	67.2		KDJT-TeleFutura
31.3	67.3		LATV
31.1	?	KBCW	KBCW	Napa	Mt. Vaca	.55	2044	H - L - N
31.1	?	KMUM	MTV-TR3S	Sacramento	NW of Rio Linda	15	410	L - N - T
32.1	46.1	KION	CBS	Monterey	Mt. Toro	46	2487	H
32.2	46.2		CW
32.1	50.1	KFTY	Independent	Santa Rosa	Mt. St. Helena	19.9	3071
33.1	32.1	KMTP	News-Arts	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	500	1627
33.2	32.2		World Channel
33.4	32.4		DW/NASA
33.5	32.5		NTD
34.1	66.1	KFSF	TeleFutura	Vallejo	Sutro Tower	330	1637	H
34.2	66.2		KDTV-Univision
35.1	3.1	KCRA	NBC	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	1000	1900	H
35.2	3.2		NBC-WxPlus
35.1	?	KGO	ABC	San Jose	Monument Pk	2.26	1959	H - L - N
35.2	?		Live Well					H - R -L -N
35.3	?		AccuWx					L - N
36.1	?	KAZV	?	Modesto	Mt. Oso	0.5	1214	L - N
36.1	36.1	KICU	Independent	San Jose	Monument Pk	550	2251	H
36.2	36.2		Korean Programs
36.3	36.3		KTNC
38.1	38.1	K38JP	AYM Sports	Salinas	Mt. Toro	15	2254	L
38.2	38.2		MCOD
38.3	38.3		Spanish Programs
38.4	38.4		Spanish Programs
38.1	4.1	KRON	MyNetTV	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	1000	1679
38.2	4.2		MyNetTV					H
39.1	?	K39JM	?	Sacramento	Sutter Buttes	3	2123	L - N
39.1	39.1	KMMD	MTV-TR3S	Salinas	Mt. Toro	15	2418	L
39.1	38.1	KCNS	Shopping/Asian	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	1000	1679
39.2	38.2		Chinese Programs
39.3	38.3		SaigonTV
40.1	40.1	KTXL	FOX	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	950	1972	H
40.2	40.2		LATV
40.1	?	KMMC	MTV-TR3S	San Francisco	Mt. San Bruno	3.2	1283	L - N
41.1	?	KOTR	MyNetTV	Gonzales	Mt. Toro	15	2487	L - N
41.1	65.1	KKPX	Ion	San Jose	Mt. San Bruno	1000	1371	H
41.2	65.2		Qubo
41.3	65.3		Ion Life
42.1	1.1	KAXT	Cool TV	Santa Clara-San Jose	Mt. Allison	12.2	1916	L - V
42.2	1.2		Que Huong TV
42.3	1.3		Tiempos Finales
42.4	1.4		Bahia TV
42.5	1.5		Diya TV
42.6	1.6		Colours
42.7	1.7		My Family TV
42.8	1.8		i2TV
42.9	1.9		Corner
42.10	1.10		Coastal TV
42.11	1.11		Jewelry
42.12	1.12		Peanut
42.13	1.13		QH Radio					Audio only
42.14	1.14		C Music					Audio only
42.15	1.15		La Voz					Audio only
42.1	?	KMSX	?	Sacramento	S. of Colfax	15	584	L - N
42.1	?	KPIX	KPIX	Napa	Mt. Vaca	1.28	2044	H - L - N
43.1	60.1	KCSM	Educational	San Mateo	Sutro Tower	500	1678	H
43.2	60.2		MHzWorldview					A
43.3	60.3		Jazz TV					A
43.1	?	900312KG	?	Sacramento	Rt 49-S of Placerville	100	1010	L - N - T
44.1	2.1	KTVU	FOX	Oakland	Sutro Tower	1000	1680	H - T
44.2	2.2		LATV
45.1	44.1	KBCW	CW	San Francisco	Sutro Tower	1000	1609	H
46.1	58.1	KQCA	MyNetTV	Stockton	Walnut Grove	600	1903	H
46.2	58.2		MGM-This
47.1	68.1	KTLN	TLN	Novato	Burdell Mtn.	1000	1319
47.1	?	K47LC	?	Salinas	Fremont Peak	15	2300	L - N
48.1	29.1	KSPX	Ion	Sacramento	Walnut Grove	1000	1604
48.2	29.2		Qubo
48.3	29.3		Ion Life
48.1	?	KTVU	FOX	Oakland	Monument Pk	3.5	2100	L - N - T
48.2	?		LATV					L - N - T
49.1	?	KSAO	CoastalTV	Sacramento	SE of Folsom	10.3	341	L - N
49.1	48.1	KSTS	Telemundo	San Jose	Mt. Allison	257	2257	H
49.2	48.2		Telemundo
50.1	54.1	KTEH	KTEH-SD-PBS	San Jose	Monument Pk	1000	2172	T
50.2	54.2		KQED-SD-PBS
50.3	54.3		PBS Life
50.4	54.4		PBS Kids
50.5	54.5		V-me
51.1	?	KBTV	Asian	Sacramento	Downtn Sac'to	15	285	L - N
51.1	14.1	KDTV	Univision	San Francisco	Mt. Allison	476	2300	H
51.2	14.2		KFSF-TeleFutura

NOTES:

"Transmitter Channel" is the channel number the station actually transmits on.  See the Virtual Channel Listing for a station list by virtual channel number.

"Virtual Channel" is the channel to which the signal is aliased.  A signal transmitted by the station causes this number to be used on viewers' sets.  Stations are required by the FCC to use their former analog channel number as their Virtual Channel since viewers are familiar with that numbering system and station identification.  The virtual channel is marked with a question mark for those stations not yet on the air.

Several sub-channels (programs) can be transmitted on each digital television channel. To distinguish a station's sub-channels, decimals or dashes are added after the channel number - for example 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3, or 7-1, 7-2 and 7-3. Most tuners will not show any digital signals at all until you've had the tuner do a "scan", and if a station has made changes in its lineup, these tuners will not show those changes until you scan again.

Most tuners only show stations on their virtual channels, but some tuners show stations on their actual transmitted channels as well. A few tuners show stations only on their transmitted channels. This is why we show both channels in our list. (Note, too, that knowing transmitted channels is important when you select antennas, coax, and preamplifiers, since virtual channels are meaningless when you design your antenna and signal distribution systems.)

All tuners will show all of a station's sub-channels if you receive the station well enough to receive any one of its sub-channels, but on the transmitted channel, some tuners may not show sub-channels on the same sub-channel numbers (such as .1, .2, or .3) that appear on the virtual channel and which appear in our list. Some stations do not begin their sub-channels with .1 on their transmitted channel, so you may find nothing on .1 or .2 and find sub-channels on .3 and above. Therefore, if you are watching a transmitter channel, and the sub-channels don't match our list, tune through all of the sub-channels to find the program you want.

The television band now only consists of channels 2 through 51. The frequencies above channel 51 have been auctioned off for public service, cell phone and other services.
Channels 2 through 13 are VHF.
Channels 14 through 51 are UHF.

Although still authorized for television, channels 2 through 6 have been found to be poor for digital service. Electrical interference from power lines, motors, lightning, etc. causes the loss of digital bits and the loss of signal. Only 40 full power digital stations are on these channels in the entire country; only one in California, channel 3 in Eureka.

VHF signals propagate more readily than UHF signals, so VHF stations need to transmit with less power to cover the same area.

The actual frequencies of the various channels can be seen on the CSG Network Television Frequency Table.

Clicking on the call letters of a station in the list above will take you to that station's records on the Federal Communications Commission site.

ERP = Effective Radiated Power
HAAT = Height Above Average Terrain
H - Transmits in High Definition (HDTV)
L - Low Power or Translator Station
N - Not Yet On The Air
R - Reruns earlier programs from main channel
T - See notes below for special information for this station
V - KAXT has FCC okay to use channel 1 for it's virtual channel
Major San Francisco sites are in red.
Major Sacramento site is in green.

TV STATION INFORMATION:
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
5-KBKF has applications for stations on channel 5, 6 and 42.
6-KBKF has applications for stations on channel 5, 6 and 42.
6-KEFM has submitted an application for channel 6 and has a construction permit for channel 59.
7-KGO has applied for a 2.26 kW translator on channel 35 at Monument Peak.
15-KMUM has applications submitted for channels 15 and 31.
31-KMUM has applications submitted for channels 15 and 31.
42-KBKF has applications for stations on channel 5, 6 and 42.
43-900312KG - callsign pending winner of lottery for channel.
48-KTVU has a construction permit for a 3.5 kW translator at Monument Peak.
50-KTEH will be increasing power from 290 to 1000 kW.

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SPACING REQUIREMENTS Transmitter Channels 7-13: Prohibited on same channel: 0-170 mi Prohibited on adjacent channel: 14.29-68.35 mi

Transmitter Channels 14-51: Prohibited on same channel: 0-139 mi Prohibited on adjacent channel: 14.91-68.35 mi

Note on spacing requirements: The "doughnut" shaped exclusion zone for adjacent channels recognizes that adjacent stations only present a problem when there is a strong station right next to a weak station you want to watch.

The source for most of this information is the FCC web site.

Data on this page was compiled by:
   Larry Kenney, WB9LOZ, Retired engineer, KGO/ABC
   Bill Choisser, K9AT, Registered Professional Engineer, California

There are very active HDTV forums on line for the Bay Area and the nation. Visit our Broadcasting Page for links to them.

These charts will be updated as required.
Last updated on February 20, 2010.

Accuracy is not guaranteed but is correct to the best of our knowledge.

Larry Kenney
Corrections are welcome.

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San Francisco Bay Area-Sacramento-Monterey Digital Channel Lists:

• Listing by Virtual Channel - (Printer Version) - full information and details, sorted by virtual channel
• Listing by Transmitter Channel - (Printer Version) - full information and details, sorted by transmitter channel
• Post Transition Analog Listing - analog channels that have remained on the air after the transition on 6/12/09
• Post Transition Changes - a summary of the changes seen during 2009

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